title: The mini-mental state examination and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment after traumatic brain injury: an early predictive study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare results on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) to those on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to predict the outcome at discharge from the acute care setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The MoCA and the MMSE were administered to 214 patients with TBI during their acute care hospitalization in a Level I trauma centre. Outcome was measured with the Disability Rating Scale (DRS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  A linear regression determined that the MoCA, the MMSE, TBI severity, education level and presence of diffuse injuries predicted 57% of the total variability of the DRS scores. The model without the MMSE had a R2 of 53.7% and the model without the MoCA had a R2 of 55.0%. The models without the MMSE or the MoCA had a R2 of 24.9%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results indicated that the MoCA and the MMSE function as similar predictors of the DRS at discharge.
authors.affiliation: Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, McGill University Health Centre-Montreal General Hospital, Montreal , Quebec , Canada .
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Guise
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leblanc
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Champoux
authors.forename: Céline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Couturier
authors.forename: Abdulrahman Yaqub
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Alturki
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamoureux
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desjardins
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marcoux
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maleki
authors.forename: Mitra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feyz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011792:Quebec / Q000453:epidemiology; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*